Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2025: A Short-Centric Guide
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
Documentary
James Lees
The Apology Line
Holding a secret you can't share? A few guilty souls called a toll free number to leave these anonymous messages.
Sci‑Fi
James Cooper
Interview with a Time Traveler
A time traveler meets with a journalist in a hotel room under the guise of sharing their story for an article, but what the journalist doesn't know is that the time traveler has an ulterior motive for inviting him that will change his life forever.
Drama
Jessy Hodges
Every Part of You
After a fight with her mother, sixteen-year-old James sneaks her boyfriend Ben into their house once everyone has gone to sleep. When Ben brings a scary movie to watch, James is more horrified than she ever could have imagined.
Dramedy
James Sweeney
Normal Doors
An OCD gay twentysomething considers a romantic life with a struggling actress he meets at an S&M-themed party.
Drama
James M. Johnston
Melville
Marcus is dealing with some serious shit but he can't seem to talk to anyone about it in this contemplative 2015 SXSW short
Dark Comedy
James Cunningham
Accidents, Blunders and Calamities
A black comedy for kids and parents alike, this festival favourite takes its viewers through a gore-filled alphabet of death as a Father Possum reads a cautionary tale to his two young children.
Dark Comedy
Wim Reygaert & Marc James Roels
Mompelaar (Mumbler)
Afflicted by an overbearing speech impediment and an omnipresent mother, Lubbert's day takes a turn for the worse when he has an unexpected encounter with a group of naturist enthusiasts.
Dark Comedy
James P. Gannon
Deerwoods Deathtrap
50 years ago Jack and Betty were hit by a train and survived. This is their story.
